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Not sure what prompted this, but Al Gore has quietly released a video with a forceful endorsement of equal marriage rights for gays and lesbians. It pushes the Democratic establishment that much closer to a position he now shares with Eliot Spitzer and some other leading Dems, and is prompting a bit of grumbling in gay political circles that this batch of candidates aren't quite there.

"Gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women -- to make contracts, to have hospital visiting rights, to join together in marriage, and I don't understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage," he says on the video, which appears on his Current TV network. "Shouldn't we be promoting the kind of faithfulness and loyalty to ones partner regardless of sexual orientation?"

Gore's words come after the leading presidential candidates have tiptoed up to, but not crossed, the line of support for same-sex marriage. All three support equal substantive rights for gay and lesbians couples, and they've sought to woo gay voters in other ways: Elizabeth Edwards has voiced her support for same-sex marriage, for instance, and Barack Obama recently scolded the black church for homophobia, in a speech to an African-American congregation.

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I hope this is a hint that he may endorse Obama. Obama's come out for full rights civil unions (not exactly the same as marriages, but other than name about identical) and a full repeal of DOMA. Clinton hasn't stretched to that point.

Another bad omen for the democratic party. First, it was Hillary attacking the most popular candidate in both party. Now, Al Gore is going to alienate the rest of the folks that don't believe in Gay Marriage.

This is not what Obama needs right now, heading into the south. Although could help him to carry some super Tuesday states which are required. I agree strongly with Gore here, but the American public does not want to hear it.

clinton is in favour of civil unions and has said so publicly. obama is in favour of civil unions, but muddies the issue by touring with a prominent 'ex-gay' (many of us queers aren't so happy with the 'love the sinner hate the sin' crap). and then there's bush's pastor who runs a church that has an ex-gay program, and who recently endorsed obama. i'm wary of the people who're attracted to obama in this case--reaching out is one thing, shaking hands with virulent homophobia is another.

Many of us have been posting comments for months that Al Gore enter the race for the White House.
It has been my contention that we can see a deadlocked convention and WITH LOUD VOICES the leadership will turn to the man who won the White House once.
Al Gore can do something WAY different this time.
He has the luxury of speaking his mind this time and not really caring if he wins or loses for you can't lose an election as sadly as he once did.
This kind of freedom can lead to a candor in American politics the likes of which we have NEVER seen.
And so the American people will have a CLEAR choice. Either we follow the disasterous Republicanism of the last 7 years or make a REAL change of direction.
If he wins we know America will have regained its soul.
If he loses, than we will continue to get what we have been getting over the last 7 years...lies, thievery, and a trashing of our civil liberties.
G-d bless Al Gore!
Stuart & obert Wyman-Cahall
Las Vegas, NV 89142

He was certainly against it in 2000... I recall the question in the debate quite vividly. Did he secretly support it then? Was it just for political expediency? Or can we only have the same baseless unreasonable views about Mitt Romney while Manbearpig gets a pass? Just wondering...

Pukemoana - As a gay man, I thoroughly disagree. I think Obama's approach of inclusion and conversation on the question of homosexuality is far more effective. If its posed as a question of right vs. wrong, we get nowhere. If we look for common ground and understanding, we make progress. The gay community's support for Hillary befuddles me when their legacy on gay rights is DOMA and DODT. We've now seen how quickly the Clintons will sell out African-Americans to win the vote. We should have no doubt she will sell out us queers also for political expediency. I was thoroughly moved by Obama asking for inclusion for gays at his Ebeneezer MLK speech -- a southern black audience. Hillary will march in a gay pride parade in NYC, but you won't find her talking about gay rights in poor hispanic communities. Obama is our most sincere ally (other than Kucinich)

pukemoana (nice name..), you can say they are both for civil unions, but you're consciously avoiding the details of their stances and then shifting on to an opportunistic political gaffe. Obama's including all in his campaign, and if the LGBT community are not willing to include not only their friends but their semi-allies and even opponents into the potential majority party this November, chances of significant progression can be forgotten.

Obama is the only candidate who stands up in front of communities with opposition to gays and says "this needs to change." He has more progressive reform on the table than Clinton (I don't know about Edwards' platform details here.) You cannot win this argument on Clinton's behalf. The multiple lgbt folks I know that support Obama (including some that actually work for his campaign) would surely dispute your claims as well.

Excellent post, bob. Thanks for the link, Katanga. I hope that the WSJ article and others I've seen is a sign of the Clinton's disregard for honest politics becoming a national dialogue. I had a close friend of mine who still supports "Hildog" as he puts it tell me that I'm too 'thin-skinned' for politics if I'm actually upset at how the Clintons run their campaign. I think it's insulting that a negative response to slander within one's own party can be dismissed so readily as simply not being cut out for it. Outrage at that which is outrageous should be taken for its value. The issue here is that so many people refuse to acknowledge this kind of nonsense needs to change. They fear that it undercuts the credibility of their candidate. Well, it does. And that's the whole point.

The most significant election in a generation---and Al Gore weighs in-----with this?
He has never shown much of a feel for perspective--winning a meaningless nobel prize based mostly on what he learned from Ralph Nader---who forced him to pay attention---and then was blamed for his loss.

This is the perpetual predicament of being a Democrat politician: When you state your true beliefs, the party's election chances are diminished because most Americans find Democrat core values -- or lack thereof -- to be abhorrent. Throughout recorded history, the union of man and woman in holy matrimony has been the bedrock of healthy civilizations. Deviance from this behavior inevitably brings the deterioration and destruction of said civilized society. Beside, given his proclivity for adopting nutty notions such as global warming, it's no surprise that Gore would dive head first into yet another destructive cultural movement: the drive for normalization of sexual deviancy as "alternate" lifestyles.

Interesting. Here's a guy who's supposedly all about protecting nature, yet he doesn't think twice about touting the unnatural. Isn't this what "infidels" do, and why the Islamists want to detonate suitcase nukes in our major cities?
I wonder what effect THAT will have on "global climate change."

As a gay american, I would NEVER support a democrat for president just because he wants to give equal rights to gays. Once the democrats eliminate welfare and other entitlements, maybe I can support them. I have voted for every republican since the 1980 elections, at least with the republicans, you know where you stand, the democrats change positions every couple of hours for votes.

Well, well, Al is at it again. I think this guy is all about contraversy. He doesn't believe it himself, because if he did, he would have lived it and done something we he had the chance. I remember him in office for 8 years yet we heard nothing about global warming then or gays and lesbians getting married. You had your shot, now shut up and stop making it worse for everyone else trying to run.

Oh yeah, I did invent the internet. What a joke, and liberals want this kind of leadership? I guess you don't have to worry about posterity, because with this kind of coreless belief, there won't be anyone left who will be able to reproduce. I guess Al is the reason the documentary "the world after humans". Al is "just a bad joke"

Al Gore is for gay rights because he thinks we are a deer heard out of control. He wants people to die and stop having children so they will stop hurting the "environment", which is his false religion that he worships. He's pathetic.

I love how all of the Obama supporters are saying how he is the only candidate that supports civil unions, but so does Clinton. Obama was the one who had a "cured of being gay" gospel singer headlining one of his rallies in S. Carolina last year. Give me a break Obama supporters. Can't you find anything wrong with your candidate?

My guess is that Algore, after getting his butt kicked (scientifically speaking) time and time again over his money-making scam that is Human Caused Global Warming, is searching around for a new "cause" to make money off of..
Michale.....

Same sex marriage is a hip idea in lefty quarters. It lets liberals feel like they?re tolerant (at least towards homosexuals, if not people of religion) and pretend they?re almost part of Hollywood?able to mingle at a moments notice with Babs and Brad, maybe even Jennifer. But the idea is intellectual nonsense and annoying. The fact that the religious (I?m an agnostic) have coveted this as a moral issue is beside the point. The roots of marriage are embedded in human evolution. It serves to domesticate men, create a stable partnership and, in most cases, raise children. It only has a valuable meaning within that context. Without the limitations of opposing sexes, it just becomes another meaningless ritual like celebrating St. Patrick?s Day or Columbus Day. That a small group of loud speaking people demand that thousands of years of meaningful tradition be changed, to accommodate their whim is pure arrogance. That so many intelligent people fall for it is amazing. To twist a quote from a famous liberal ?I cannot and will not cut my common sense to fit this year's fashions?. Marriage is between a man and a woman. This is an a priori fact. It has little meaning or value outside of that definition. Gay marriage is just another form of absurd political correctness. Gay marriage is no more marriage than creationism is science. Homosexual concerns (social security, visitation rights, etc.) can be addressed thru legislation. Bush stated firmly, on Good Morning America, that he supports civil unions.
Furthermore, to label marriage a ?civil right? is a real twist on the concept of a civil right. Since when is a contract that when entered into immediately take rights from one person and gives them to another considered a right? As an example, when I married my wife she immediately lost half ownership of her relatively new and well kept Honda. I now own half of it. She got half ownership of my 35 year old wreck of an MGB: Hardly a fair deal. Marriage is a relinquishment of rights.
From a point of discrimination it is also silly. Marriage laws apply equally to gay and straight people. A homosexual man cannot marry another man, nor can I. There is no discrimination. The fact that different people prefer different things is irrelevant. It?s like saying motorcycle helmet laws discriminate against those who don?t want to wear helmets but not against those who wish to wear helmets. That the law coincides with the preferences of some and not others is not a case to call it discriminatory.
Either way it?s important that if gay marriage is sanctified by the state, it must be done by legislation not the judicial fiat.

Civil unions are NOT the same as marriage, and never will be! I guess this proves that Democrats will lie to themselves. The only way to be supportive of the gay rights movement as it currently stands is to be in favor of the repeal of DOMA. Since you're all Democrats I'll explain that DOMA is the Defense of Marriage Act, signed by Mr. Hillary Clinton with great fanfair (imagine that, the Clintons selling out their 'friends' for political gain). A civil union statute still denies the right of a gay citizen from sponsoring their partner for immigration. They still will be unable to obtain survivor benefits from Social Security. A dozen other federal benefits will be unavailable, as well. Please don't let the candidates hide behind the fig leaf of civil unions. If you believe in gay 'marriage', then don't be afraid to consider that these candidates may be willing to sacrifice gay rights for political gain.

"He was certainly against it in 2000."
Yes, but Tennesseeans saw through his facade and rejected him at the ballot box. He's never forgiven TN for that, and we frankly don't give a wet fart on a dry January Monday.
Now that he's not condescending for our votes, he's free to speak his mind...and remove any doubt that he has any TN blood in his veins.

As a former Vice President who likes "legal authority" as a means to an end, he knows that hospital visiting rights, contracts, etc., are all available to the gay and lesbian community even without "marriage". If it is important then visit an attorney and establish that "legal authority" for each other. This aside, it means that there is some other motive for the veep to come forward with this silly video. What could it be?

If you think gay marriage is wrong, then you can't think for yourself. Yes, you have a bible that tells you homosexuality is wrong. But have you ever questioned that judgment? Have you ever wondered WHY it is wrong? Can you give me one reason why homosexuality is a right or wrong issue?

I like it! Then you can move forward with all the other plans such incestuous marriages and beastolgy people can marry their dogs or cats in church. After all what's the difference after you eliminate the Scared Vows between a man and a women that have been in existence for 1000's of years the gates will then be wide open.

Doesn't Al Gore realize that he will rally the majority of Americans against this left-wing goal? The vast majority of Americans still oppose gay marriage.
Keep it up, Al. You really know how to kick the Democratics squarely in the huevos.

While he's at it, don't you think he could be really inclusive and endorse Sharia marriage, group marriage or poligamy, or any other form of marriage recognized by other cultures or laws. Why should our multi-cultural, inclusiveness be restricted to gays and lesbians? ... hmmm, I wonder if this is more about politics than fairness?!

Obama and Gore are getting ready to spike Camp Clinton on one of their many failed policies (DOMA) -- driving home the point that the Clintons are the candidates you can't trust.
This is gonna be awesome.

Al Gore is a hellbound FOOL. Homosexuals shouldn't have ANY rights, sinful behavior is not a "right" it is a problem that should be corrected through REPENTANCE. Why do you think that every culture that has embraced this filth has perished? Sodom and Gomorrah ring a bell? How about the Greek or Roman empires? Are liberals so stupidly blind that they cannot learn from history? The penalty for homosexual sin is eternal separation from God in Hell. Period. Al Gore can't change that and neither can the baby killer Barack Obama.

To Jesteban:
you say if a person thinks that homosexuality is wrong, then you cant think for yourself... because the only place they get that from is the bible. we all have standards.. that does not mean we cant think.
homosexuality is wrong. i thought that up all on my own.... thanks!

"Homosexual marriage" is an abhorrent abnormality of the first order. Jesus Christ clearly condemns such in Matthew 19 by equating "male" with "female," not with the same gender. To argue that homosexual & lesbian sexual relations are a healthy & acceptable norm in human relations is pure sophistry and casuistry of malignant dimensions.

jesteban...
Well, for one, homosexuality goes against nature. What is the outcome of a homosexual relationship? Can children be born? Is natural selection enhanced? Any schoolboy can tell you that two males and two females cannot make babies. But then again, Liberals (like Gore, Hillary and Obama) love to promote and protect abortion! Instead of idiotically claiming that "a fetus is not alive" (like they used to claim in the old days), Liberals turned abortion into a "right of privacy." In other words, what a woman does behind closed doors to her unborn child (or herself) should not matter. Then why in the world are Liberals in California worried about forced sterilization of pets?!?
The views of liberals on issues like abortion and gay marriage really demonstrate which "values" the Democrats feel that really matter.

After the last election where several elected officials were outed and subsequently run out of office for their sexual perversions, why are we heading down this path of trying to justify this sick behavior? These people need counseling, not coddling!

I think gays should have all of the rights he mentioned. Just don't call it marriage, because that's a new definition for it. Marriage has never, in its thousands of years of existence, been between anything other than a man and a woman.

Figures, I always thought Al Gore was secrectly homosexual, listen to him talk, he sounds like someone doing an impression of a homosexual. So now in addition to Al Gores Mother Earth religion he is promoting another religion -The Orthodox Homosexuals. The homosexual hit squad, they worship immoral sex and preach its acceptance with a formidable vigor. Evangelism for sex acts fully funded and proselytizing to all the people. The religion of orgasms, just as long as you partake with someone of the same gender. This bunch uses as their shield victim status to fight the feels-good fight to advance their perversion to the unconverted. Conversly, In The Bible God warns strongly against homosexuality. What the heck happened to this southern boy?

Holy cow, yet another comments mess. I think after this I'm staying away from these threads for the day.

Firstly, lots of crazy bigots, always nice to see.

Secondly, Yes, yes, yes, they both support civil unions. But what KINDS of civil unions? Obama supports FULL-RIGHTS civil unions. It's basically different from marriage in name only under his plan. He supports repealing DOMA, and DODT. Clinton? Well, I suggest you take a good hard look at where she stands there. It's not me or other supporters seeing Barack as immortal or entirely righteous. He just happens to go further on these plans. I got tired of quibbling about McClurkin in October.

We had a gay republican saying the Democrats switch their positions every few hours, whereas with the republicans you know where they stand. Sir, I recommend you stop buying into this ludicrous dichotomy. Both parties shift around. If you want to track their shifts over the last 150 years, in many ways they've both completed a 180. The myth that Republicans are rock steady whereas Democrats are perpetual flip-floppers is just derived from successful exaggeration of a few individual's records and rhetoric changing, and projecting that onto another party. It can be and has been done with Republicans as well. Just not with the same degree of success as the distortion of the Democrats.

Unmarried men and women ought to have the same rights as married men and women.
Gay couples ought to have the same rights as Ungay couples.
A man or woman should be able to marry as many folks as they want - it takes a village!

The basis for morality is this: "If everyone else in the entire world were to do this, would it be good for society?" That being said Gay relationships cannot naturally lead to offspring (a petri dish is not natural). If everyone in the whole world was to turn homosexual then that would be the end of the human race through natural reproduction. That sure doesn't sound moral to me. We can apply the same test to murder, abusing drugs, stealing/lying, sex with animals, etc. Basically Homosexuality is just as immoral as murder, you can't beat that logic.

Why is Al Gore, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party trying to reinvent marriage? For the entire history of Western Civilization, marriage has been defined as a covenant between a man and a woman. Now, these liberal "know-it-alls" want the government to redefine the definition. If George Washington, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Tom Jefferson and the rest of the founding fathers were present, they would BACKSLAP Gore, Obama and the rest of the beasts who control the Democratic Party! They have become the party of the ultra-liberal social extremists with deep pockets in Hollywood. What a sad end for a party that started so well! It is really depressing. Why do liberals only "tolerate" those who agree with them and their far left social extremist agenda? *sigh

I'm writing him in for Prez. How tragic this all is, seeing how this world would be so different had Gore been rightfully selected as Prez in 2000. The world would truly be a better place - ironic, how we are losing so many young artists recently - perhaps the hopelessness so many of us are feeling, given this sad crop of potential presidents is killing our souls... and those most sensitive are paying the ultimate sacrifice.

Al needs to frame this from the Global Warming standpoint. Two men fooling around or two women fooling around, neither pair can pro-create, thus not bringing another person in to this world of too many CO2 expelling people!

Come on let's face it to be L liberal you have to be open to all aspects of the agenda. Good old Al Gore does a great job at this and he knows all to well if they can successfully jam it down the sleeping sheep's throats long enough by candy coating it then their agenda for social and moral decay wins, look at the great snow job Al G. did on Global warming. For a closer look to what's next all you really need to do is open a book like "Rise and fall of the American "I mean Roman Empire or in other words some smart guy once said:
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it ...

Come on let's face it to be L liberal you have to be open to all aspects of the agenda. Good old Al Gore does a great job at this and he knows all to well if they can successfully jam it down the sleeping sheep's throats long enough by candy coating it then their agenda for social and moral decay wins, look at the great snow job Al G. did on Global warming. For a closer look to what's next all you really need to do is open a book like "Rise and fall of the American "I mean Roman Empire or in other words some smart guy once said:
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it ...

If consenting adults, regardless of whether they consist of one man and one woman, should be given the privilage of marriage, then one cannot rationally distinguish between gay marriage, polygamy, or incestual marriage. If two dudes can get hitched, then a guy and two gals should be able to as well, as should a brother and sister. There's no rational basis for making a distinction.
Marriage is an institution defined entirely by tradition. It's like saying, why can't I be an Orthodox rabbi without converting to Orthodox Judaism? Why can't I be the Prince of Wales? It's a silly issue. To the extent "marriage" is a concept of state statutory law, it's a partnership that can be defined, for the sake of homosexuals, as something other than the traditional institution called "marriage." But, if you do that, then you ought to allow polygamy and incest between consenting adults.

Can you give me one reason why homosexuality is a right or wrong issue? asks Jesteban. Yes, I can give you one thing... For gay men, homosexuality entails one of the males submissively offering up his rectum to be used as a surrogate vagina by another pervert. And allowing said pervert to thrust his engorged member into the "wife's" bowels. This unspeakably filthy practice (literally and figuratively) shows "love" between gays. Right or wrong? Any society retaining even a shred of morality would, and should, condemn such grotesque behavior - not sanction it by legalizing sham "marriages."

AL GORE IS AS MORONIC AS HIS PREDECESSOR JALMY CARTER, BOTH WHO DEEM THEMSELVES INTELLECTUALS. AL GORE DOESN'T HAVE THE SENSE TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN. AN ELETIST BUFOON, BIG AL WANTS TO TELL EVEYONE ELSE WHAT THE STANDARDS OF SOCIETY SHOULD BE WHILE ACTING LIKE AN IDIOT HIMSELF. PERHAPS HE WANTS TO DITCH TIPPER FOR A GUY.

You homos and libs will be the end of this country. I'm ready for the Civil War II. It's coming.... You just keep going further and further away from what is normal. The more liberal this country gets the more we go broke and loose the spirit of our country.

paker, I see that you have limited imagination. You limit marriage in the "human-animal" box. How about this "progressive" idea: you can marry your house, your table, your car, etc ...hmmm .. think about it...it helps your "tax deductible" items... /sarcasm off/

I don't understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage....
says Algore.
This statement says it all about this dolt! There are loads of things you don't understand Al, that's why you and your global warming diatribe are dismissed by most people with any common sense.
Although, I will have to give it to you Al, at least you can see a bogus idea that will get you a boat load of money, so you hitched your wagon to it. It's as goofy as your claim to have been cheated out of the election.
Now go away and count your money!

I don't care WHAT they call it. Gays should have the right to be happy and marry/civil union/whatever if they wish. If they were not such a minority, it would be in place already. This is allegedly a free country and the right to pursue personal happiness between consenting adults should stand for all...

Don't believe any of the extremist comments that are being written by liberals who pose as Republicans. They use the word "fag" a lot, because they want the Republican Party to appear as far right social extremists. By masquerading as conservatives, these liberal posers are trying to mask the fact that the Democratic Party is now the party of FAR LEFT EXTREMISM. Republicans do not HATE homosexuals. They simply do not feel that the Government has the right to redefine marriage because of the social activists that support the Democratic Party. Get a life, Al and your cohorts! Stop playing make believe in order to get the Government involved in every aspect of American life. It is quite unattractive.

This man is absolutley nuts. he is sout of touch with reality. Those views are a disgrace to the Bible and Gods teachings. I heard this man call himself a Christian in the past. I do NOT believe Gore knows what Christianity is all about. He is a Liberals Liberal. Give me a break!!!

Yes, Al Gore did invent homosexuality - just before the internet. It's not surprising that he would tout his invention. He also, of course, served as the catalyst for the writing of the book/screenplay "Love Story". He also invented the cause of "global warming" as well as the concept of carbon credits (in which he owns an financial interest in the collectors of money paid as carbon credits). Al Gore also invented obesity, narcissism and a tiring (almost Gomer Pyle) type of accent. He also invented the concept of Buddhist monks contributing to political campaigns.
Al Gore is quite the man.

Why do people have to imply that gays/lesbians will only be faithful if there is a marriage license? It certainly doesn't help the straight people stay faithful. Create civil unions that give the same rights as marriages. That's just basic common sense. But to imply that gays can't control themselves and will be promiscuous if they don't have a legally binding paper to keep them faithful is preposterous.

This is completely wrong. Gay/lesbian is not right. It is morally wrong. Just get over yourselves and go back to man and woman and quit making excuses. (I was born this way...this is who I am) It is just like a lot of other things people do, whether it be cool to be gay or the people are afraid to be turned down by someone of the opposite sex. Have some guts and stand up and be a man or a woman.

The definition of Marriage is the union of a man a women. All men and women can get married, but if they want to have a union with someone of the same sex it is NOT marriage. I am not against civil unions for gays, just against redefining the bedrock of society for the last 5000 years to placate the "gay mafia". The Democrats have no shame. They will destroy America and our heritage for a few votes. Nothing new there.

The sooner the Democrats can jettisen sycophants like Gore and the Clintons, the sooner I will think seriously about voting Democrat again. Can't everyone see that the Democrats "may" have powerful politicians in these sick people, but when we sell our soul to them, we have to deal with all the phoniness they bring with them!
Go Barack! He is our only escape this election season.

Al Gore Here: Leglized polygamy is next on our agenda. Then we will work with NAMBLA to lower the legal age of consent to children age 8 years old. Finally, we will require the "education" of 1st graders in our nation's schools and require the teaching of proper techniques using mouth protection and contraceptives. We will also require that all girls to begin taking the pill once they turn eight years old. Former Democratic Mayor David Dinkins of New York had it right! We all just need some MORE GOVERNMENT!

Al Gore is an overweight, balding, narcissistic, self-indulgent, money-grubbing, lying, immoral, unethical, corrupt, effeminate, egoistical, egotistical blowhard who exemplifies all that's wrong with America these days. Interesting that he would time his "coming out of the closet" with the death of one of the stars of Brokeback Mountain. Was he an inspiration for that film, too? We all know that Love Story was based upon him and Tipper.
Al Gore is Phil Donahue on steroids.
I wonder if Gore was involved in any manner with the deaths of, for example, Vince Foster and Ron Brown. He (like Monica) served under Bill Clinton.

I guess since its so cold this winter Al Gore can't talk about global warming so he goes down the list in the liberal agenda gay marriage.Same way since al aqueda is being queled by troops and Iraqus in Iraq the dems put Iraq in the backburner and talk about economy.

Ever wonder why Al Gore and Bill "the Cheater" Clinton did nothing for gays and the BS Global warming issue when they were in office for 8 years? Now that they are out of office the are ready to support both of these positions that most Americans are against. That is because it won't hurt them politically now. What a bunch of stand up guys.
By the way Al Gores Dad made all his money from Occidental COAL, and now Al wants to make money on the backside by taxing COAL throught he roof. What a spinelss MotherFu****!!

Al Gore is a dummy and so are his admirers. What disgusting jokes! I often overhear a co-worker in the next cubicle on the phone taking to his lovers and he is disgusting in ways I could never have imagined on my own. They have to have help from other queers to come up with some of their thoughts. There is no way their thinking is even close to "natural" or even "normal". I hope Al helps wake up folks who think the democrats still have any semblance of decency left!

How PC of him! How PC to embrace homosexuals, pedophiles, all the people into beastiality (all those will be the next step in finding a "gene" that forces them to be that way, and making way for new types of civil unions. And how PC to brand those with a sense of morality as homophobic and hateful.

I wonder if he will make a documentary film on this subject & collect a Nobel Piss prize--er--exuuse me--Nobel PEACE prize. For over a week, we've had temperatures so cold it can frost bite our dogs' paws if they are out more than just a short time--Snow is everywhere! So much for his global warming crap! So now he has to promote gay & lesbian marriage--This guy is pathetic!

Al, you make me laugh! You say you 'don't understand' why some oppose gay marriage. Well, all you have to do is read the bible Al 'cause it's in there plain as day. The operative word most frequently used to describe homosexuality is 'detestable'. Get it?

Marriage was taken from the bible when this contry made it's laws. Take it or leave it, I for one don't want to be put on the same level as sin. Let them make laws the proper way instead of taking mine and reducing its value. This country was founded on Cristian values and if you don't like it find some other country to live in.

"leading presidential candidates"?
Hmm, I think that was quite a dumb statement. Only an ultra-liberal democrat would even dream of such a thing. Plus the "leading" presidential candidate in this country is Sen. John McCain, and he would never support such perverted thought.

Barack Hussein Obama needs you to vote for him so that he can stop the radical right wing from defining marriage as between a man and a woman! Barack Hussein Obama needs your help to vote him into office so that we can concede defeat in the Middle East! Barack Hussein Obama needs your help to keep evil, money hungry doctors from preventing liability lawsuits that place expensive foods on the table of trial lawyers EVERYWHERE! Barack Hussein Obama needs your help to fight for the poor women who want to abort those evil babies from ever being born! Barack Hussein Obama needs your help to get a man (Obama) into the White House so that we can have a President who has served less than 3 years in Congress. Barack Hussein Obama needs your help so we can end this writer's strike and put food back on the table of the rich, white Hollywood executives who give me so much money! Vote Barack Hussein Obama. We will build a bridge of understanding with radical Islam. Allah Akbar!

Yaaaaaayyyy!!!!!!
With friends like Al Gore, the dems don't need any enemies. Besides, if the republicans run Donald Duck, I'll vote for him over any of the looney dems.
Why don't ya'll keep Hired Dean for another 30-40 years as Chairman of the DNC?
You gotta love these sickos...

Marriage is a human right, not a heterosexual privilege.
America is supposed to lead the world in human rights, yet we deny our own citizens equality. Canada, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and EVEN South Africa and Uganda allow gay marriage.
It's time to step up.

Republicans don't hate gays. This is true -- no matter how many liberals are posing as conservatives in order to make it seem that way. Republicans just don't think that the Democratic Party should be able to REDEFINE MARRIAGE in a way that supports a particular social activist segment of your donors. *sigh* Al, why do you hate those who disagree with your extremism?

Al Gore can't even take himself seriously, why should anyone else. This is nothing but immoral perversion at it's worse. Thank God Bush beat this guy in 2000! I wonder how proud Tennesse is of this guy now. I bet they won't even allow this clown to cross their border.

Al Gore is a media monger. This guy can't enough attention so he touts same-sex marriage. Al is a washed up old man who is pretty pathetic. The majority of the people in this country ARE AGAINST same-sex marriage and/or civil unions. This guy can't help Hillary or Obama with this sludge. Go away, Gore. You're a Bore!

Gay people have precisely the same rights that hetrosexual people have under current socitial/governmental structure. To grant them a seperate and distinct set of of rights based on their sexual preference is absurd and will lead to the downfall of western civilization...maybe that's what Algore is trying to accomplish during his retirement.

More pandering to the hardcore Democratic activists - and gauranteeing that if whoever the nominee is adopts the position, the election is handed to the Republicans. when will the fanatics ever realise that (1) gay marriage is not high on most people's priorities right now, and (2) most Americans are not in favor of it (even if buffaloed by manipulated politically correct poll questions).

Hate is not a Christian or family value. But then again, neither is homosexuality. In fact, it is unnatural and completely unChristian. I don't hate gays, but the government should not redefine a concept that forces the rest of us to recognize their relationships as "marriage."

I'm not sure why LGBT would want all the same rights as Heteros. If you get marriage you get divorce as well. It is no fun and quite costly. Then there is the whole visitation rights crap, if there are kids involved. I believe if you are domestic partners you should have hospital visitation rights, inheritance rights, death benefits etc., but the whole marriage concept is for the birds. There has got to be a better way than through marriage to get the things you really want.

The only problem I have with this is that gay people will have more rights that heteros.
Straight men cant marry men, and straight women cant marry women, but gay people can? is there going to be some kind of gay test?
I know this is kinda of silly, but are we not trying to achieve equality for all?

JGrady said: But I've noticed that people are usually most vocally critical when they're afraid of something. Hmmm. . .what could it be?
Hmmm... maybe that this freak could
have a following? That's a scary thought.

This is just another example of how liberal extremists want to REDEFINE marriage in order to please some of their big donating, special interest groups.
Al Gore (and the rest of Washington/Hollywood leftists) want BIG GOVERNMENT to make decisions for everyone else. Sicko!

It's incredible how Al Gore doesn't see how redefining marriage to be two men or two women is a threat to marriage, which for thousands of years has been defined as one man and one woman. But then, this is the same man who once said "all we want to do is make sure every vote is counted" while at the same time only counting the votes in counties that would benefit him. (He actively tried to discount military absentee ballots.) We should also point out that the Pope has called Gore's "Global Warming" claims as consisting more of hype than real science.
The fact is, Al Gore is an idiot. You can't trust anything he says.

Get all of the the pedophiles out of the church, then maybe I'll listen to your Christian diatribe. Why the "alleged evils" of two consenting adults who love each other making a commitment bothers you so much? God isn't sitting on your shoulder when you are being paranoid and judgmental.

Marriage between two men was a Catholic church sanctioned right from about 800 to 1200 ad (thereabouts). Records of commitments exists, as do the ceremonies themselves. Some fag pissed off a pope and the it was WAR, baby! (PS I'm g-a-y so I can use the f-word.(((from http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/boswell_j.html ...Boswell returned to the history of homosexuality with Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. In this work ...he described Christian ceremonies performed by priests that celebrated relationships between two men or two women and mirrored marriage rites in many of their particulars. ))))

tedrick: You need to get your "facts" correct. The Bible has ALWAYS condemned the act of homosexuality as blatantly unnatural and sinful. But the real question here is whether or not Al Gore and other LIBERAL EXTREMISTS should have the right to REDEFINE marriage so that it is acceptable to the lifestyles of some of the Democratic Party's largest donors. The answer is a resounding NO!

Albert, fewer and fewer sane people really care what you have to say.
Like the global warming fiasco, have you found a new way to hype and profit from another non-crisis?
Go away -- you're boring us to tears.

I guess heterosexual marriage is contributing to global warming, so the only way to fight it is by allowing homosexual marriages. It makes sense. Because homosexual couples couldn't have children (other than through adoption or invitro fertilization), overall their "Cumulative Carbon Footprint" (CCF...I have just coined this new phrase), that is the impact they as couples will have on the Earth in future generations, will be less than that of heterosexual couples. They could become wealthy by trading CCF credits with heterosexual couples, whereby the homosexual couple would trade their simpler CCF lifestyle with heterosexual couples for a given amount of money and the promise to plant trees. The bigger the heterosexual family the more they would have to pay to the homosexual couple.

Do those who support same-sex marriage also support polygamy? If not, then they themselves are inconsistent in their beliefs.
In fact, those who say that polygamy is rooted in their "religious beliefs" have more standing to those who simply say "its OUR choice and lifestyle".
If courts can uphold laws banning polygamy, then there is no reason why that can't do the same with same-sex marriage.

"moral issues but moral issues arent just about Guns, Gays and God... Moral issues include poverty, hunger.." and that's why most conservative Republicans are a lot more likely to give money to charities that feed that hungry and care for the poor. Its a proven fact. Got any more soapboxes I can kick out from under you?

Gore is not trying to help anyone but himself. Just wait and see. The Dem convention goes in with no clear winner and up steps Gore to save the Dem party. He kills the Clintons with one quick stab. Everyone knows he hates the Clintons and they hate him!!!

Another "opinion" from Al, and opinions are like, well, you know, and everyone has one, however, why does Al think we care what he thinks? He is not running for office (thank God) so tell him to zip it!

No, Mr. BoJangles. Only sodomites can be gay(s). They've cornered the market, apparently.
Whatever happened to "don we now our gay apparel"? I don't think the lyric refers to Richard Simmons' thong.
And "The Gay Divorcee" was more light-hearted and heterosexual than dykish, right?

More of the democratic party catering to the bottom feeders of society. The party needs to go back to its roots and stand up for what things like poverty and the blue collar worker! Until then, look for the other party to hold onto control.

Why is it that anyone who disagrees with gays is a homophobe? Disliking the policy you are pushing is not homophobia. Try debating an issue rather than chalking everything up to homophobia! I know it is easy to namecall but it is not productive and does not win people over to your side, actually it does the opposite.

Well, now the Bible is suspect...I would like to tell the people who want to move country from it's Christian roots to stop now! This is a Christian country founded on Christian values. If you don't like it, try your luck in Iran!!!

Al, I need ome advice; #1) the man next door to me is hot, how can I get him to notice my package? #2) It snowed in Florida a couple of weeks ago in Daytona Beach, where can I buy a snow shovel down here?
Thanks in advance!

What an extrordinary amount of hate! Never have I been more pleased to be have been born in Europe where such narrow minded bigotry and contempt is now harboured by an ill-educated minority. Moral issues and morality are not the preserve of religious fundementalists, thank goodness. Basic respect for other humans isn't 'liberal,' it should be 'normal.' You haters have skewed the concept of 'normal' to fit your narrow Christian agenda, based on a nebulous concept of 'faith'. Which is, of course, your right. As it is my right to say your language is eerily reminiscent of the KKK. The kind of hate expressed here is corrosive. I pity your children growing up in such environment. And, to answer one poster, most child abuse occurs in the home, according to UNICEF. Same-sex paedophilia accounts for 10% of all cases before British courts.

It looks like professional liberal trolls are here posing as conservatives and republicans in order to make them look like "extremists." Wow...do you hear that sound? It is the sound of multitudes of minority voters leaving a Democratic Party that is increasingly controlled by far-left extremists. These extremists dream of replacing traditional family and religious values with their own accepted social views. But don't worry: This attempt to REDEFINE marriage will not work. In fact, it might remove most minority support from the Democratic "socially extreme" Party.

The problem is in semantics. Marriage by definition is a heterosexual union. Homosexuals may engage in contracts, etc as each state allows, butit can not be called marriage. Call it a civil union or whatever, but it can not be a marriage anymore than calling a horse a duck makes it so.

This just makes me sick. Yes marriage between a man and a woman has existed for thousands of years. So has homosexuality. They are not asking for you to participate with them. No one is going to force you to marry gay. They are simply asking for the same rights to be in a lawful committed relationship. It baffles me that anyone who claims to be Christian would use that as a basis for hatred and bigotry. Although you may be able to find a few verses in the Bible that support you, you can also find many other verses in this ancient text that support other outdated ideas. Hatred and bigotry are the exact opposite of Christian ideals, you should be ashamed.
Also, this country was not founded on "Cristian" principles. It was founded by atheists who were escaping the imposition of beliefs by their government in England. It was founded on principles of basic human rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Although you may disagree with me about how happiness should be pursued, it is still not your place to judge.
I am a woman happily married to a man, but considering the divorce rate in this country, I don't think we can claim that male/female partnerships are the perfect example for everyone else to follow.
The argument is about the individual. Love is a good thing and it should be celebrated no matter what.
There are straight people and gay people who are wonderful members of society and who constantly try to do good. There are other people, straight and gay, who lead lives that degrade society. Consider all the horrible stories we hear on a daily basis of men ruthlessly murdering their own wives and children. I think that is detestable, maybe we should outlaw men. Pedophiles take advantage of children and should be castrated, imo. Bestiality is such a stupid argument I honestly cannot fathom a response to that line of thinking.

al gore is going to walk into the democratic national convention and be nominated to run for president. i have said this for months. he will save alot of time, money and effort to just walk in and "save" the democratic party.

Robert S (@2:01 pm) You have seriously misused 'a priori.' You mean 'a posteriori' but there is no reason to include the word. When you call statements of opinion a priori facts you need to think more carefully about what you are saying, I feel.

Deal Al,
You are a complete MORON! The rights that any married couple gains is from the LEGAL contract of a marriage NOT the emotional concept of marriage. So why would a married couple be any more LEGALLY committed than two people who enter into a legally binding contract that does not include marriage? Huh? Idiot.
If you "can't" be married then why don't you just get together with an attorney and draw up a legal contract which EVERY hospital will accept as binding between two people. Gays just want to have what they know will tweek the mainstream of this country.

Also, this country was not founded on "Cristian" (sic) principles. It was founded by atheists who were escaping the imposition of beliefs by their government in England." This statement is so ineffably ignorant that it is breathtaking. Try reading the Declaration of Independence, or the Preamble to the Constitution, or the Federalist Papers. My God, did you ever read a 6th grade civics textbook? On second thought, no you obviously didn't due to the ultra-liberal education establishment that teaches us all to put condoms on cucumbers.

here is all you need to know about the subject of homosexuality!
Question: "What does the Bible say about gay marriage / same sex marriage?"
Answer: Before we look at gay marriage / same sex marriage, first we have to remember what the Bible says about homosexuality. The Bible clearly and consistently tells us that homosexual activity is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13; Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9). God does not create a person with homosexual desires. A person becomes a homosexual because of sin (Romans 1:24-27), and ultimately because of his or her own choice. A person may be born with a greater susceptibility to homosexuality, just as people are born with a tendency to violence and other sins. That does not excuse the person choosing to sin by giving into their sinful desires. If a person is born with a greater susceptibility to anger / rage, does that make it right for them to give into those desires? Of course not! The same is true for homosexuality.

He doesn't understand why it is considered by some people to be a threat to heterosexual marriage? well then it wouldn't be marriage! Why not let humans and animals marry? Why not a brother and sister? Brother and brother? Father and son? Mother and daughter? He needs to stick to something he also knows nothing about.... Ma caused global warming.

What?! "Al Gore is trying to take the spotlight off his proclamation of GLOBAL WARMING. This is the coldest winter we have had in the last 20 years."
You are an idiot! Do you even know what Global Warming Means? Its not just the raising of the global tempereature, the net effect is more extreme weather patterns such as harrher winters, more drought etc... The moive An Inconvenient Truth is heavy handed but makes some interesting points and you clearly did not see it.

A vote for Obama, Hillary or Gore would be a vote for those who want the GOVERNMENT to redefine tradition and legislatively redefine such things as "marriage." I wouldn't vote for Obama or Hillary if they were the only ones running!!!

To those saying that because this winter is the coldest ever it proves there is no global warming: Global warming does not mean that the world is constantly getting hotter. It means all sorts of weather phenomona are and will be getting more and more extreme. Colder winters are more proof, idiots.

Get a grip on reality. Gays don't need marriage to have the same rights as claimed by algore. Hospital visits, inheritance, etc... can still be done today -- the gay agenda is to have state recognition. How is it done today you may ask -- go to an attorney and each of you sign a living contract which outlines these benefits. Hmmmmm, take too much initiative and it might cost you some money so instead the state needs to manage this eh?

I'am sure Sodom & Gommorah touted
their progressive homosexual lifestyle also. Depravity isn't a
ethnic group, its a sexual sin. Nations that have endorsed sexual
sin all have fallen from within.We
should be protecting children and innocent people from depravity.

Ok, let homosexuals get married, then when a guy shows up with two women, or three, or 3 women show up with a guy, where do you stop it at? Where do you libs draw the line in the sand?
Answer that and jump in the pool with us that are for male/female marriages who you say discriminate, but until you answer that question, keep your mouths closed on the issue.
Tell us Al Gore, what is your limit, 5 on 1, 4 on 2, a guy and his dog?

Keep religion out of our bedrooms - who cares if you think that homosexuality is depraved and a sin against God. So don't do it! Mind your own business? Why do religious people feel the need to apply their "morals" to everyone else...putting aside that I totally disagree and think that gay people should be allowed the same right to marriage (and everything else!) as heterosexuals. This sickens me that anyone would want to deprive a basic human right in the name of God.

The eco-lunatics found themselves striking out trying to get the public to buy into their global warming scam, so now it's morphed in a general "climate change" scam. (Dee). Weather's hot today?
Climate change! Got a major snowstorm headed your way? Climate change! Too many hurricanes? Climate change? What, 2007 had the fewest hurricanes in decades? Irrefutable evidence of climate change! Who's the idiot?

I think homosexuality is disgusting personally, but I could care less what people do behind closed doors. Let them do what they want, but you gays need to do it in your own houses. I don't makeout or dry hump my wife in public, so keep your business as YOUR business...don't drag those up us that don't like it into it.

Let's see...Gore talking about an issue that is about as far down the totum pole as you can get based on the issues that are of the upmost importance to this country right now, like terrorist threats and border control. Typical idiot Gore

I am opposed to same sex marrage because marrage is not about getting benefits on the job or about getting health insurance. It is about protecting the children with a stable home in which mommy and daddy are not likely to wander off.
Homosexual marrage is like kids playing house. Kids do not admit they don't know what the purpose of marrage is and neither do homosexuals or those freek show democrats!

I smell an Inconvienent Truth 2 coming on. There's nothing wrong with gay "marriage" as far as the Government should be concerned. Gore is talking about the Government and what he's saying is right, but like his Inconvienent Truth, he's disregarding the larger part of the picture. Marriage in the eye's of the Church, in the eye's of a religion is a seperate issue. The government should not discriminate, but the Churches have the right to agree or disagree with whatever they want inside the confines of their walls. Seperation of Church and State, one of the founding priciples of our country and one of the main reasons this country was started.

I wonder if in her infinite wisdom,
Hillary is for homosexual marriage?
Surely the guy that invented the internet must be of the same mind
as the Clintons. Lets have a special ethnic group & rights for women teachers that rape their underage students. You can bet your
last dollar, that if Hillary gets
elected there will be dykes night
over in the Lincoln bedroom.

Next we need to ban traditional two parent male/female families because they instill all the parents prejudiced religious and moral standards into the children thereby making it harder for the State to properly teach them the communist ideals that best serve the collective. Vote Democrat!

The only people that should have government sanctioned marriages with the tax, contract, visitation and inheritance rights and benefits should be those pairs of adults who are raising or who have raised children. Religions may grant to or withhold from whomever they chose, the moral benefits that accrue to marriage.

Dear DEE: The following line: "Also, this country was not founded on "Cristian" principles. It was founded by atheists who were escaping the imposition of beliefs by their government in England." has to be one of the best jokes I have ever heard. Thanks for making my day!
PS: Puritans, please google.

1. The Democratic Party seems to be insane. They could easily be the majority party for a long time if they would stop insisting on alienating traditional Americans. Stop insisting that homosexuals must have marriage, and stop insisting that to be allowed to speak at a Democratic convention you must support the right to abortion.
Instead, allow for some diversity of opinion within your own party. You would draw back to your ranks many who have left for the Republicans because they cannot abide a party that insists on being the party of deviancy.
2. Read the Constitution. Understand what it means to have a federal system. Marriage is an issue for the states to address.
3. Are you all really that surprised that the Clinton's sold you out?
4. Who really cares what Al Gore says? He's gone off the deep end.

Yes, Democrats could easily be the majority party for a long time... if only they weren't anti-family values, anti-religion, anti-police, anti-military, pro-abortion, anti-English language, pro illegal immigrant, etc. etc. etc. In other words, anti-American in every sense of the word.

Well that settles that....The inventor of the internet and the world's leading authority on global warming has spoken. Debate on this subject is now closed....unless perhaps we should wait for confirmation from Tom Cruise.

Posted By: jesteban | January 23, 2008 at 02:10 PM
"If you think gay marriage is wrong, then you can't think for yourself. Yes, you have a bible that tells you homosexuality is wrong. But have you ever questioned that judgment? Have you ever wondered WHY it is wrong? Can you give me one reason why homosexuality is a right or wrong issue?"
It's wrong because God said it's wrong. Where do you think our morals come from? Who determines what is right or wrong? Man? If that is the case then what was wrong today will be right tomorrow and then wrong again another day. If you don't have an absolute standard then anything goes. How do you determine right and wrong? Majority rule? Ok so you may or may not believe in God. Fine. Then you are left with the unproven theory that we evolved from.....whatever and we have arrived at this point somehow by chance and along with the improbability of us becoming human we also developed a sense of right and wrong based on what? Survival of the fittest? And if evolution is true then shouldn't homosexuality have been weeded out long ago as something that is definitely not beneficial but extremely detrimental to the survival of the species? How do you determine that it is not right to murder or to steal or lie or whatever. Because man says it's illegal or wrong? If man's determination of right or wrong changes tomorrow are you going to be ok with that? What about pedophiles or people who have sex with animals? Who determines that to be wrong and based on what? Is it wrong becasue you don't like it? What about the people who do? Are you more correct than them? I think you are the one who doesn't know how to think for yourself.

GFM - Actually I attended to law school on a full scholarship. Reality has a liberal bias
George Washington never declared himself a Christian according to contemporary reports or in any of his voluminous correspondence. Washington championed the cause of freedom from religious intolerance and compulsion. When John Murray (a universalist who denied the existence of heaven) was invited to become an army chaplain, the other chaplains petitioned Washington for his dismissal. Instead, Washington gave him the appointment. On his deathbed, Washington uttered no words of a religious nature and did not call for a clergyman to be in attendance.
From:
George Washington and Religion by Paul F. Boller Jr., pp. 16, 87, 88, 108, 113, 121, 127 (1963, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX)

Wasn't it Al's wife Tipper who was morally outraged at rap lyrics during his stint in the White House? Seems strange that if that was a No No, that her hubby can now come out for the immorality of same sex unions being legalized. These Democrats are just weird..and he and Tipper and Bill and Hill are not the morally upright examples for America's young people that is for sure. I would vote today for any Republican running for the White House and would feel safe leaving my children alone with them, but not any of the Democratic leaders of the party today. They are all flakes!

what i if i want to marry my dog? will al gore support that too? why can't i marry my 16 year old cousin? he is old enough to consent to sex. BECAUSE IT IS NOT NATURAL!! you let one thing slide then you have to allow other things. a line has to be drawn.

Thank you so much Al Gore..I am forwarding this to all my friends including national press. I am so excited you have land us yet another victory. Between you and Hillary discriminating against blacks we will secure the white house again. Memo: to Romney " Go get them"

Sure thing, Ben. Let's hold off on equal rights for all until after the election. Or maybe after the next one, or the next. It's never a good time to challenge our cherished heteronormativity, is it? Especially the "liberal" Democratic heteronormative.

What absolute rubbish. The decline of society that even entertains 'legitimization' of homosexual activity is abhorrent. It isn't being homophobic, it is standing for what is right and true. Just because homosexuals and their backers like Gore don't believe the truth, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Homosexuality is morally corrupt and wrong. There can never be such thing as a 'marriage' between homosexuals because marriage is between a man and woman by definition since the beginning of time. They should stop trying to force the corrupt lifestyles down the throats of mainstream America.

Civil Unions !!??What a complete diversion (and perversion) of what's important for this country.Instead of listening to Al Gore, try reading Leviticus 18:1-30. Especially v22. The entire Human race was designed by the one and only true God. Our trust should not be in anything less. It will all be evident one day. And just to clarify the comment below... moral issues start with God. Everything follows.
agree.. The RNC will make this about moral issues but moral issues arent just about Guns, Gays and God... Moral issues include poverty, hunger..
Posted By: Ann | January 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM

Thanks, Al, for constantly reminding me why I had left the Democrat Party back in 2000. Ah, and for those who support gay marrigae, I challenge you to spend one or two years in a gay relationship. Try the sodomy thing for at least a few months, then come back and tell the rest of us how gay sex should be exalted to the status of Holy Union.

It's this kind of stuff that makes most everyone wonder........ why does anyone ever elect democrats????
This has to be one of thw wonders of the world... what's the point of being an american if all you want to do is destry it all

"won the White HOuse once"?????? You have got to be kidding, are there people who still believe that???
You want to see civil liberties go away (property rights, the right to pick your healthcare provider, the right to make a profit) then elect Hillary. Her Marxist beliefs will show their true colors when you are fined or jailed for not buying healthcare insurance.

"If they were not such a minority, it would be in place already"
If they were not such a minority they would not exist.
It's not like they can reproduce without having sex with someone of the opposite sex. But that would make the bisexuals not gay.
Duh!

Two Things:
1. Clinton has not come out in favor of marriage - she has restated that it's a states rights issue, not a federal issue.
2. My marriage hurts no one. It creates a safe environment to raise kids. Without marriage (federal marraige), I can't even travel to another state without consulting a lawyer. G-d forbid I get hit by a bus, and in that state my wife can't make decisions for my health and well-being. She can't even visit me in the ICU. If we had marriage, I could stop spending money and energy on lawyers and instead use both to fight hunger.

The man who tried to "reinvent" government endorses reinventing the fundamental institution of society. Five or six millenia of experience dictate great caution for such a venture. Al's untimely endorsement puts him out there with the "kook fringe" of the dem party.

This is just a ploy to bring down the Christian religion. Gay marriage becomes law. A church refuses to marry gays. ACLU sues them and sets a precedent. Now the choice for the churches are either to perform the marriages or close down, undermining the very foundations of the Bible and the religion itself. It's all part of the Communists' plot to destroy what this country was founded on. Thus ushering in their totalitarian state.

Mike,
"This is just a ploy to bring down the Christian religion. Gay marriage becomes law. A church refuses to marry gays. ACLU sues them and sets a precedent. Now the choice for the churches are either to perform the marriages or close down, undermining the very foundations of the Bible and the religion itself. It's all part of the Communists' plot to destroy what this country was founded on. Thus ushering in their totalitarian state."
I never looked at it that way. That is truely insidious.
Good perception.

Al Gore is articulate, smart, and honest.
He recognizes that civil marriage for gay couples is a civil right, and that without it, we are ALL diminished.
When I first heard of same-sex marriage, I thought it was a bit strange. Then, I actually thought about it. And reasoned. And read. And discussed.
It didn't take all that long before I realized the arguments favoring full and fair inclusion of gay people in their society made a LOT more sense than some pretend 'ideal' that "marriage is between a man and a woman".
Institutions are made for and by us. When they fail a significant portion of good, decent citizens, it is up to ALL good, decent citizens to rethink them. And adapt those institutions so they DON'T fail us.
Bravo, Vice President Gore.
My only sorrow is that someone as articulate, smart and honest as you will never be elected as our leader.
More's the pity.

WOW! That was amazing! Al Gore is on MY side! This makes me feel really happy! I've been a Republican for all of my adult life and I've gotten sick and tired of how the Republicans keep throwing us gay people under the political bus whenever their polls are low and they need to shore up their extreme, right wing, fundamentalist voting base.
On the other hand, the Democrats have been just as bad as the Republicans when it comes to things such as the war in Iraq and joining with the R's in chipping away at our civil liberties, all in the name of "security"!
Perhaps Libertarian is the way I really should go?

Hard core anti-gay voters are going to vote Republican this fall regardless of who the candidates are and regardless of what Al Gore says. For some moderates, however, who respect Gore's post-2000 activism this will be a signal that it is acceptable to support full marriage equality for gay folks. Its happening all over the world, and it will happen here, its just a matter of when. Gore may have helped move that moment forward.

You bigots are really too much. First of all, most of the people in the bible have like 15 wives, so polygamy is fine as far as that book goes. Maybe we should institute polygamy. Can we? I want to have sex with all your nasty wives.

I'm plus-minus on the idea of gay marriage. My main problem is simply a definitional one as 'marriage' fundamentally is a joining of a male with a female ostensibly to support child rearing. You shouldn't be able to get a bike license for your car or a cat license for your dog. HOWEVER, it is also worth pointing out that Mr Gore is not being intellectually honest when he says: "Gay men and women ought to have the same rights as heterosexual men and women..." Absolutely, Gay men and women have exactly the same rights to marry members of the opposite sex as heterosexual men and women. What is being asked for here are special, new, extended rights be granted. Maybe that's cool, maybe not, but it is NOT an 'equal' rights issue.

Didn't really read the article or watch the videio. As a 68 yr old female I have lived through so much stupid prejudice and I'm so sick of it. Nowhere that I know does it say one can't marry the person they love. Don't we have more important problems. Don't we all just want to lead productive, happy lives? But then I don't care if Obama is a Muslim or if his church is not main stream. I guess I'm too old and too stupid.
Sorry, I'm just a fundamentalist Christian and a Libertarian.

I wouldn't remember to inhale and exhale, or to wipe myself if it wasn't for Al Gore. We need him to tell us how to live. He is the smartest man in the world and Hillary is the smartest woman in the world. Together, they should be leaders of the globe.

It's clear after reading this thread the median age of Politico's readers is about 105. The majority of Americans coming of age in the last 20 years is comfortable with the idea of gay people in general and same-sex unions in particular. The negative comments here (to put it kindly) betray the fear of a generation at the edge of obsolescence.

Homosexuality is opposed to the natural law and violates the natural complimentality of man and woman. It is generally accompanied by alcohol/drug abuse, promiscuity, disease and eventually a pre-mature death. It is completely opposed to the moral law, because it is the exact opposite of what our Lord intended true, filial love to represent.